In Greece,it's mostly about dopping and scandals and banned athletes and about how our remaining team sucks so far(well,it's true!).And then I go to the internetz to find some better reports,and it's all about Phelps,Phelps,Phelps,Phelps,Phelps,Phlep
*sigh*
I understand that Michael Phelps is a wonderful athlete and what he is trying to do(aka winning 8 gold medals) is ambitious and phenomenal...and some emphasis on him is normal...but there are so many more great people participating in the Olympic games!All this Phelps obsession(also by fans,but mostly by the media) is getting tiring,and it's still day 6 of the games!
I don't know,mayby it's because I never loved the 'sweeping' kind of athletes.I always preferred the fighters-but-not-always-winners type.Plus,and coming from a country with a HUGE dopping problem,I may have gotten cynical...but nowadays I tend to be extra-suspicious with super-medalists and their (ab)normality.Or mayby I'm just bitter that swimmers don't wear speedos any more.
When the U.S. relay team won their magnificent gold medal a couple of days ago,I saw_to much surprise_that most headlines were something like "Phelps wins 2nd gold" ,ignoring that there were three more guys who fought for that medal and won it as well!There was a complete snub of the team-work by the media,and I got pretty irritated,I must say.The only good thing is that Phelps himself seems pretty down-to-earth and has the right attitude so far.
*sigh* Swimming has always been one of my favorite Olympic sports,but with all this media blast,I can't wait for it to be over.Sad,but true.
*sigh*
I understand that Michael Phelps is a wonderful athlete and what he is trying to do(aka winning 8 gold medals) is ambitious and phenomenal...and some emphasis on him is normal...but there are so many more great people participating in the Olympic games!All this Phelps obsession(also by fans,but mostly by the media) is getting tiring,and it's still day 6 of the games!
I don't know,mayby it's because I never loved the 'sweeping' kind of athletes.I always preferred the fighters-but-not-always-winners type.Plus,and coming from a country with a HUGE dopping problem,I may have gotten cynical...but nowadays I tend to be extra-suspicious with super-medalists and their (ab)normality.
*sigh* Swimming has always been one of my favorite Olympic sports,but with all this media blast,I can't wait for it to be over.Sad,but true.
In other Olympic news,China has been lately highly criticized about the opening ceremony.It was a beautiful one and I enjoyed it very much...but things have come out which are not so flattering for the organizers:the impressive fireworks at the end of the ceremony turned out to be fake,so did the little girl who supposedly sang with her beautiful voice.
I'm not really bothered by the firework thing(although I understand why the press is whining about it),but the girl story made me angry.Why was it that they had to wipe away a cute girl with an angelic voice just because she wasn't completely perfectly looking??Personally,other than mayby not having perfect teeth,I saw nothing wrong or ugly with the appearance of the little one.And I found that desicion of the organizers to be rather racist.
I don't know,am I too harsh on them?
I don't know,am I too harsh on them?
ETA:OMG.I just found out that the flame lighting in Barcelona(in 1992) was also a fake!An amateur video was shown in local news,two minutes ago,that showed the arrow passing over the bowl and going off the stadium while the flame lit.
Frak,this was my favorite Olympic lighting!Kind of dissappointing...but still impressive.
ETA2:Basketball match between U.S.A. dream-team and Greece has just started.Since the chances of our getting trashed are about 65,38%,should I bother watching??
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Well..China- communism..that doesn't surprise me at all. But I can understand that too..they are under pressure and want everything to be perfect. But still..they did great job.
I think in todays world...this is best what we get. Everyone wants everything to be perfect. The same is with dopping, this is not about SPORTS anymore..it is about who wins. And that makes me sad..so sad. But I still love my sports, our beach volleyball team is so ace, that my eyes hurt. They won U.S, and yesterday won Switzerland .. hahahaha...
Yeah,I think that sports are more about science(new and better techniques,better sportswear,better exercising equipment,
better steroids) and less about human nature nowadays...Because I do believe that human nature has some limits.Records will get broken,and impressive performances will be made,but so much as it happens now...it is NOT normal.Like 100m or 200m running:the athletes are getting faster and faster and faster...how much faster does it get??With rhythms like that,we'll be faster than cars in a couple of years!Dude,I understand that the Chinese wanted everything technically perfect...but the little girl??Seriously!
Hee!Go latvian beach-boys!
Or is it beach-girls?
Poor girl..what an example..you have amazing voice, but you are not good because of your teeth. That is horrible.
Beach-boys. yes...and it doesn't hurt, that they look good.
WORD.
*sigh* Sadly,I think very very few of the high-level athletes have the opportunity to "enjoy themselves".
Good-looking beach-boys...Yoo-hoo!!I'll be rooting for you,guys!
(Do you by any chance know any of them personally? lol *just kidding*)
::giggles::
hah..I wish!
P.S.Cutest of all cute icons!